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Again you're presenting the fallacy that because I think bombing them is a bad idea then doing nothing must be what I support.
How about we... I don't know... stop selling weapons to the Saudis?
The Curtis film mostly shows how useless traditional force is in these situations, and how the British troops in Afghanistan were basically used as hit men for the different tribal groups
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Re Curtis film - yes, we were out of our depth having troops on the ground trying to do 'nation-building' in Afghanistan. Part of the reason nobody wants to attempt the same in Syria.
Not sure how not selling weapons to the Saudis is going to solve the problem of Daesh right now. Longer term, I'd be really rather happy if we went renewable, abandoned fossil fuels and made Saudi oil reserves worthless. Sadly I don't believe that's going to happen any time soon, as the technology still isn't good enough.
h2o
Well aware of what the Gulfis have done, thanks - that's exactly the reason why I'm arguing that they're bad enough, so why should we want to let Daesh have its caliphate? That doesn't seem like a good outcome to me.
I don't really see what in Curtis' film suggests leaving Daesh alone is a good idea.